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Here’s a Tabletop Tablet That May Finally Matter

6 years ago

It's not necessarily the technology that matters, but the restaurant where it's located. In this case, the big player in the tabletop technology market, Ziosk, is headed to small chains and independent restaurants, which could change the way everyday diners pay for dinner anywhere.

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PayPal Just Dropped $2.2 Billion to Compete With Square in Restaurants and Cafes

6 years ago

Square may have some challenges, but it has a diversity of products, consumer-friendly features, and adoption at multiple price points in restaurants. Rivals need to find a good story to tell.

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Hospitality Giant Buys Delivery Service Waitr for $308 Million

6 years ago

With the influx of money and exposure from the deal, Waitr will be better positioned to compete as Grubhub, DoorDash, and Uber Eats rapidly expand into the second and third tier markets that Waitr previously dominated.

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Uber Eats Doubles Down on POS Integration with orderTalk Acquisition

6 years ago

Just as competitors start to pull ahead, Uber Eats makes waves with an acquisition announcement that speaks volumes about its priorities and future strategy.

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OpenTable Adds Business Insights to Restaurant-Facing Guest Center

6 years ago

Analytics have become an indispensable feature of table management software programs, and OpenTable's latest update is on par with what we're seeing across the board.

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Uber Wants to Deliver Your Restaurant Takeout by Drone

6 years ago

Great for the suburbs, perhaps, but downright silly for cities.

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Google Sees Robotic Restaurant Reservations in Our Future

6 years ago

It's creepy, it's weird, and we might all be doing it this time next year.

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TripAdvisor Looks to Restaurants for a Boost

6 years ago

Revenues are up 36 percent in TripAdvisor's non-hotel category, which includes restaurants.

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Announcing Skift Restaurants Forum on September 24 in New York City

6 years ago

Don't miss out on your chance to participate in the next great restaurant event.

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Google Embraces New Tech to Get Deeper Into Local Discovery

6 years ago

Google has a grasp on product that is the envy of everyone. But it is equally matched by its contempt for the rights of the content producers it "learns" from. We hope these new skills are based on Google's own hard work and not that of others.

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Google’s Assistant Can Book a Reservation Over the Phone

6 years ago

There are many cases in which this voice technology will be helpful. But we can't help but feel for the host on the other end of the line talking to robot after robot when people don't feel like making a phone call. There's literally an app for that.

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Square Steps Into the Dining Room With a New Point of Sale System

6 years ago

How do you compete with legacy software systems? If you're Square, you create a well-designed, cloud-based, intuitive, self-serve product and send it into dining rooms across the country.

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